Shahnaz Fatmi Explained

Shahnaz Fatmi शहनाज फातमी
Pseudonym:	Fatmi
Birth Date:	1949 1, df=y
Birth Place:	Shekhpura, Munger, Bihar, India
Occupation:	Poet, writer
Nationality:	Indian
Genre:	Ghazal, Shayari, Nazm, writer, Feminism
Subject:	Feminism

Shahnaz Fatmi (ur|شہناز فاطمى; hi|शहनाज फातमी; born Shahnaz Bano on 5 January 1949), is an Indian Hindi and Urdu language poet and writer. She used her takhallus (pen names) of Fatmi (Urdu: فاطمى; Hindi: फातमी). She is the daughter of Syed Sultan Ahmed (Behzad Fatmi) and is from Shekhpura Village, District Munger (Bihar), India. She was daughter of Urdu poet Syed Sultan Ahmed and granddaughter of poet Khan Bahadur Syed Ali Mohammad Shad Azimabadi^[1] and worked as Deputy Collector for Bihar Civil Service.

Bibliography

She has written poetry and novels in Hindi, Urdu and English. Few of the books are:

• Magar Sushma Nahi Tuti (Urdu & Hindi)
• Lipsa (Urdu & Hindi)
• Darakte Rishte (Urdu & Hindi)
• Lamhon Ki Kasak (Urdu & Hindi)^[2]
• Churail (J.T.S. Printers,Patna 2000)
• Chand (Urdu & Hindi)
• Bolti Aankhein (Urdu & Hindi)
• Kalaam-e-Shaad Azimabadi
• Har Singar Ke Saaye (Urdu & Hindi)
• Chiraag e daama
• Directive Principles: An Appraisal (English)^[3]
• Din Jo Pakheru Hote (Upanayas) (Hindi, 2018)
• Sushma (Hindi & Urdu)
• Ka Se Kahun (Hindi) (Abhishek Prakashan), New Delhi, 2020

Translations

• Wahi Ki Hasya Vayang Rachnaye (J.T.S Printers), Patna, 1993
• Taraksha-e-Wahi (J.T.S Printers), Patna, 1995
• Bayaz-e-Behzad (J.T.S Printers), Patna, 1996
• Kalam-e-Shad (J.T.S Printers), Patna, 1997
• Aqqaye Dushyan (J.T.S Printers), Patna, 1998

Recognition and awards

• Ayyaam – Voice of Women on Literature^[4]
• Shahnaz Fatmi remember Acharya Shivpujan Sahay at a function at Arvind Mahila College in Patna^[5]
• Shahnaz Fatmi remember Shad Azimabadi^[1] on his 90th Death Anniversary in Patna^[6]
• Shahnaz Fatmi in Indian language-literature meet in Patna^[7]
• Shahnaz Fatmi in Ayaam – A women's literary organization^[8]

See also

• List of Indian poets
• List of Indian writers
• List of women writers

External links

• http://www.urducouncil.nic.in/schemes/sanctionOrders/pdf/BPSO-08-09-16.pdf
  • UNESCO Index Translationum

Notes and References

1. Web site: Shad Azimabadi. rekhta.org .
2. Web site: Lamhon Ki Kasak.
3. Web site: Directive Principles: An Appraisal.
4. Web site: Hindi Literary Recognition. bolozindagi.com . . 28 October 2018.
5. Web site: Acharya Shiv Pujan Sahay's Birth Anniversary Observed. Patna Daily. 10 August 2017.
6. Web site: शाद अजीमाबादी के स्मृति पर्व पर चादरपोशी. prabhatkhabar.com . . 8 January 2017.
7. Web site: भारतीय भाषा-साहित्य समागम की महिला शाखा की हुई बैठक. bhaskar.com . . 12 April 2016.
8. Web site: आयाम द्वारा हिंदी पखवाड़ा के अवसर पर परिचर्चा . 17 September 2018 . 17 September 2018.